Irene Angelina

Irene Angelina (1181-27 August 1208) was Queen of Germany from 1198 to 1208 with Philip of Swabia.

Biography
Irene Angelina was born in 1181, the daughter of Isaac II of Byzantium and Irene Palaiologina. In 1193, she was married to Roger III of Sicily, but he died before he become solo king; Irene's short tenure as Queen of Sicily would land her in trouble, as Henry VI of Germany captured her during his conquest of Sicily. She married his son Duke Philip of Swabia, and she sought to convince the Holy Roman Empire to support her father's reinstatement as Emperor of the Byzantine Empire; he had been deposed in 1185. On 21 June 1208, she was widowed a second time when her husband was assassinated by the House of Welf, and she died in childbirth on 27 August 1208.